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	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff were employed in her Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	204533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department collects and publishes its workforce management information each month. These details can be found at the following link.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-workforce-management-information" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-workforce-management-information</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department’s headcount is collected and reported as at the last day of each month. On 30 June 2016 the Department’s headcount was 84,226 and on 30 November 2018 it was 82,827.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/01/2019 15:55:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1382683

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2021
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that bringing non-frontline departmental staff back into workplaces in (a) Scotland and (b) Wales is in accordance with the covid-19 safety policies in operation in those devolved nations.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	82340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>The Department has prioritised the safety of our workforce and claimants throughout the pandemic and part of that is ensuring that we have robust national and site level risk assessments and guidance that ensures all appropriate mitigations are in place.</p><p> </p><p>As part of regularly reviewing our risk assessments, in consultation with our departmental and local trade union colleagues we ensure that any differences in devolved administration regulations or guidance is reflected.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/12/2021 17:37:03 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

445631

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff employed by his Department (a) receive working tax credits and (b) work part-time; and what proportion of each such group are women.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	22975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>The information requested in part (a) is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p>On 31 December 2015 in the Department for Work and Pensions 35,834 employees work part-time and 88% of this group are women.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/01/2016 17:33:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

573913

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials of his Department are assigned to the provision and collation of data relating to the free television license scheme for people over 75.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	44413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The summer budget 2015 announced a number of fundamental changes relating to the BBC and free TV licences for those aged 75 and over. DWP will cease to fund free TV licences from 2019/20 and the BBC will absorb the cost of this and take responsibility for the policy which currently sits with the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. It is estimated that the provision of free TV licences for 2016/17 will cost £629m and DWP will continue to make a transfer to the BBC during the phasing period, as set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMG transfer for free TV licences (£m)</p></td><td><p>468</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>DWP resources currently assigned to the provision and collation of data relating to the free television licence scheme for people aged 75 and over is 12 staff days per annum. Any plans for the future role of employees and contractors will be determined following detailed discussions between my Department and the BBC nearer the time the BBC take full responsibility for funding and policy.</p><p>In 2014/15 the cost of providing free TV licences to those 75 and over in Scotland was £49m and it is estimated the cost for qualifying residents in Glasgow South West constituency and Glasgow City local authority area was £0.7m and £4m respectively.</p><p>The cost of the free TV licences to those aged 75 and over in Scotland for 2015/16 will be published on 21 September on the DWP website. Breakdowns by Local Authority and Parliamentary Constituency use that Scotland expenditure estimate and are therefore not currently available.</p><p>Savings to the Exchequer resulting from the future transfer of responsibility for funding television licences for people aged 75 or over were set out in the summer budget 2015.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 44400 44401 44402 44558 question first answered 12/09/2016 12:54:02 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

573918

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for the future role of employees and contractors of his Department who are working on the compilation and administration of data related to the provision of free television licences to people over 75 years of age.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	44400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The summer budget 2015 announced a number of fundamental changes relating to the BBC and free TV licences for those aged 75 and over. DWP will cease to fund free TV licences from 2019/20 and the BBC will absorb the cost of this and take responsibility for the policy which currently sits with the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. It is estimated that the provision of free TV licences for 2016/17 will cost £629m and DWP will continue to make a transfer to the BBC during the phasing period, as set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMG transfer for free TV licences (£m)</p></td><td><p>468</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>DWP resources currently assigned to the provision and collation of data relating to the free television licence scheme for people aged 75 and over is 12 staff days per annum. Any plans for the future role of employees and contractors will be determined following detailed discussions between my Department and the BBC nearer the time the BBC take full responsibility for funding and policy.</p><p>In 2014/15 the cost of providing free TV licences to those 75 and over in Scotland was £49m and it is estimated the cost for qualifying residents in Glasgow South West constituency and Glasgow City local authority area was £0.7m and £4m respectively.</p><p>The cost of the free TV licences to those aged 75 and over in Scotland for 2015/16 will be published on 21 September on the DWP website. Breakdowns by Local Authority and Parliamentary Constituency use that Scotland expenditure estimate and are therefore not currently available.</p><p>Savings to the Exchequer resulting from the future transfer of responsibility for funding television licences for people aged 75 or over were set out in the summer budget 2015.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 44401 44402 44413 44558 question first answered 12/09/2016 12:54:02 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens